Has a man ever played the guitar at you? You may be entitled to compensation. Barbie
is smashing records left, right and centre with its box office success, including having the biggest opening record for a movie by a female director. So naturally, it's turned our social feeds pink, with its on-the-nose script and soundtrack inspiring numerous TikTok trends.
To anyone who's not seen the movie and is wondering what useless linguist named something with three words meaning the same thing, we can assure you that's exactly the point, and is the quip that a quick-thinking Barbie retorts whenTo explain: the Mojo Dojo Casa Houses in the film are what materialises when Ryan's character learns about ‘patriarchy’ in the real world and returns to tell his fellow man dolls all about it.
In a highly relatable montage, the dolls sit through movies with a side of mansplaining, or a beer-fuelled tour of Ken's prized possessions, all while expertly feigning enjoyment at their toxic masculine Kenergy. There's then a scene where the Barbies all sit around campfires with a respective Ken playing guitar to them, which leads to a bust-up when the dolls pretend to lose interest and flirt with a different Ken to the one who's been trying to seduce them.